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Sahn JuhkDec 16 2012 11:07 pm
It's just an attempt to Westernize the names. A lot of Koreans here in Korea do it on their own when they tell Westerners their name, as they know that in the West most cultures put the surname at the end of the name. Personally, though, I prefer to keep the surname at the front when translating Korean names into the English alphabet.

ShaneNov 22 2012 12:26 am
Why are the family names written last in English here? We learned to write Korean names with the family name first in English. Example 성기완 Seong Gi-wan(or Seong Ki-wan).